Why we need a balance that incorporates diversity in our media

Micheál Martin has a very valid point when he said he found it amazing that after four years in office the Government’s only policy on media diversity was to avoid having a policy, writes Alison O’ Connor

IT IS usually seen as a negative when someone accuses you of bias. But when you’re a columnist a good dose of bias is a virtue — otherwise it can make for fairly boring reading.

Once your name appears over it, and people realise they are reading an opinion column, then that’s fine. What’s not so fine is the possible bias which could be brought to bear in the putting together of the rest of this, or any other newspaper, TV/ radio station or media website.